(8) Flora
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 25662
(8) Flora
Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 Goffin
M 184.54441 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.30184562 Peri. 285.03568 +0.80353302 -0.58751086
a 2.2009633 Node 111.03537 +0.57792923 +0.73145524
e 0.1566968 Incl. 5.88736 +0.14259202 +0.34612747
P 3.27 H 6.49 G 0.28 U 0
From 2438 observations at 102 oppositions, 1847-2000, mean residual 0".54.
An explanation of the orbital
elements is available.These orbital elements are also available in forms suitable for loading into a number of popular planetarium-type software programs.
Ephemeris
The following ephemeris is at intervals of five days. A daily ephemeris covering the same time interval is also available.
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2003 03 22 18 02.39 -18 56.1 2.267 2.482 90.3 23.7 11.2 2003 03 27 18 07.42 -18 53.4 2.197 2.477 94.1 23.7 11.1 2003 04 01 18 11.98 -18 50.1 2.127 2.472 97.9 23.6 11.0 2003 04 06 18 16.04 -18 46.6 2.058 2.467 101.9 23.4 11.0 2003 04 11 18 19.55 -18 43.1 1.990 2.462 106.0 23.0 10.9 2003 04 16 18 22.48 -18 39.8 1.923 2.456 110.2 22.6 10.8 2003 04 21 18 24.79 -18 37.0 1.857 2.451 114.5 21.9 10.7 2003 04 26 18 26.42 -18 34.8 1.794 2.445 118.9 21.1 10.6 2003 05 01 18 27.35 -18 33.5 1.733 2.439 123.6 20.1 10.5 2003 05 06 18 27.53 -18 33.3 1.675 2.433 128.3 19.0 10.4 2003 05 11 18 26.93 -18 34.3 1.620 2.427 133.3 17.6 10.2 2003 05 16 18 25.55 -18 36.7 1.570 2.421 138.4 16.1 10.1 2003 05 21 18 23.39 -18 40.6 1.523 2.414 143.7 14.4 10.0 2003 05 26 18 20.45 -18 46.0 1.481 2.408 149.2 12.5 9.9 2003 05 31 18 16.77 -18 52.8 1.445 2.401 154.8 10.4 9.7 2003 06 05 18 12.44 -19 00.9 1.414 2.394 160.5 8.1 9.6 2003 06 10 18 07.55 -19 10.3 1.389 2.387 166.2 5.8 9.5 2003 06 15 18 02.24 -19 20.6 1.370 2.380 171.8 3.5 9.3 2003 06 20 17 56.65 -19 31.8 1.358 2.373 176.0 1.7 9.2 2003 06 25 17 50.95 -19 43.6 1.352 2.365 173.7 2.7 9.3 2003 06 30 17 45.31 -19 55.9 1.353 2.358 168.2 5.0 9.4 2003 07 05 17 39.92 -20 08.5 1.361 2.350 162.4 7.5 9.5 2003 07 10 17 34.96 -20 21.4 1.374 2.342 156.6 9.9 9.6 2003 07 15 17 30.55 -20 34.6 1.394 2.335 150.9 12.2 9.7 2003 07 20 17 26.80 -20 48.1 1.418 2.327 145.3 14.4 9.8 2003 07 25 17 23.81 -21 01.8 1.448 2.319 139.9 16.4 9.9 2003 07 30 17 21.64 -21 15.9 1.481 2.311 134.6 18.2 10.0 2003 08 04 17 20.32 -21 30.3 1.519 2.302 129.6 19.9 10.0 2003 08 09 17 19.86 -21 45.0 1.560 2.294 124.7 21.3 10.1 2003 08 14 17 20.26 -21 59.9 1.604 2.285 120.0 22.6 10.2 2003 08 19 17 21.48 -22 14.9 1.650 2.277 115.5 23.7 10.3 2003 08 24 17 23.50 -22 29.9 1.698 2.268 111.2 24.6 10.4 2003 08 29 17 26.29 -22 44.8 1.747 2.260 107.0 25.3 10.5 2003 09 03 17 29.81 -22 59.3 1.798 2.251 103.0 25.9 10.5 2003 09 08 17 34.01 -23 13.3 1.849 2.242 99.1 26.3 10.6 2003 09 13 17 38.86 -23 26.6 1.901 2.233 95.4 26.7 10.7 2003 09 18 17 44.30 -23 39.0 1.953 2.224 91.8 26.8 10.7
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